Sunday, December 25, 2011

Kandygs' takes the initiative: Bamboo fabrics capture local market

by Anuradha KODAGODA

A unique exhibition of products made with handloom woven bamboo fabrics was opened by the Minister of Economic Development, Basil Rajapaksa, at Kandygs Thirasara Island recently. The following is an interview done by Sunday Observer with the Design Director of Kandygs Pvt Ltd, Anuradha Yahampath.


"Kandygs have worked with bamboo fabrics for a while and we have imported bamboo yarn as similar way we import cotton yarn and have already done a collection of products.

We bring down bamboo yarn and dye them here in our factories and hand weave the fabrics out of that yarn.

We have already started exporting bamboo yarn fabrics to many countries for which we have quite a good demand since it's a purely eco-friendly product which is produced by using 100 percent natural raw materials,"Anuradha said.

Read full article: http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2011/12/25/fea16.asp

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